most 12 sacks seasons in first 5 seasons of a career

18 players were tied for playing the most seasons with 12.0+ sacks in their first 5 seasons, with 5 seasons. The first three are Micah Parsons, T.J. Watt and Myles Garrett.

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Data note: Sacks: player season data complete from 1982

	NAME	SEAS	SCK	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Micah Parsons M. Parsons	5	65.0	77	191	106	297	486.5	0	0	0	11	4	1
2	T.J. Watt	5	84.0	79	224	84	308	537	4	31	0	25	10	1
3	Myles Garrett M. Garrett	5	71.5	79	171	74	245	463.5	0	0	0	14	4	1
4	Danielle Hunter D. Hunter	5	70.0	82	222	105	327	520.5	0	0	0	9	3	2
5	Cameron Jordan C. Jordan	5	65.5	80	187	83	270	435.5	1	0	1	7	4	0
6	J.J. Watt	5	87.0	80	262	73	335	609	1	80	1	19	9	1
7	Jared Allen J. Allen	5	78.5	78	224	58	282	524.5	2	10	0	16	8	1
8	Jason Taylor J. Taylor	5	71.5	80	179	85	264		3	73	2	23	12	3
9	Simeon Rice S. Rice	5	71.5	80	120	20	140		3	42	0	13	3	0
10	Derrick Thomas D. Thomas	5	73.0	78					0	0	0		12	3
11	Chris Doleman C. Doleman	5	75.0	80					2	24	1		12	0
12	Kevin Greene K. Greene	5	72.5	79					1	10	0		12	0
13	Leslie O'Neal L. O'Neal	5	67.5	76					2	22	1		8	0
14	Bruce Smith B. Smith	5	73.0	75					0	0	0		2	1
15	Lawrence Taylor L. Taylor	5	76.0	72					3	16	0		3	0
16	Reggie White R. White	5	84.0	73					1	33	0		6	1
17	Richard Dent R. Dent	5	71.5	76					6	55	1		8	1
18	Jacob Green J. Green	5	67.0	80					2	92	2		10	1
19	Trey Hendrickson T. Hendrickson	4	62.5	65	103	45	148	414.5	0	0	0	9	0	0
20	Aaron Donald A. Donald	4	59.0	65	135	101	236	450	0	0	0	14	4	0
21	Chandler Jones C. Jones	4	61.5	63	163	42	205	419.5	1	0	0	17	4	0
22	Von Miller V. Miller	4	60.5	64	189	65	254	365	2	68	1	14	4	0
23	DeMarcus Ware D. Ware	4	69.0	64	233	59	292	458.5	0	0	0	14	4	1
24	Mario Williams M. Williams	4	53.5	64	151	41	192	316.5	0	0	0	9	1	1
25	Leonard Little L. Little	4	52.0	57	167	21	188	324	1	28	0	24	3	0

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